Heavy Snow, Banks
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Banks forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.354, -83.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
Snow amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches fell across portions of north Georgia. No major travel problems were encountered because road temperatures were still warm enough to melt most of the snow as it made contact.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 30 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Snow amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches fell across portions of north Georgia. No major travel problems were encountered because road temperatures were still warm enough to melt most of the snow as it made contact.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
30 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Jackson
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.134, -83.566 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.128, -83.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Rockdale
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockdale forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.654, -84.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Walton
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.782, -83.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Newton
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.555, -83.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morgan
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.591, -83.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greene
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.579, -83.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Heard
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Heard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.297, -85.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coweta
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coweta forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.414, -84.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clayton
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clayton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.542, -84.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Spalding
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spalding forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Henry
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.453, -84.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Butts
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Butts forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.288, -83.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jasper
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.316, -83.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Putnam
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.322, -83.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Troup
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Troup forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.034, -85.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Meriwether
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Meriwether forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.041, -84.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pike
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.092, -84.389 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lamar
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lamar forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.077, -84.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Monroe
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.014, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jones
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.025, -83.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, De Kalb
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- De Kalb forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.772, -84.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, South Fulton
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- South Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Carroll
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Barrow
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barrow forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.993, -83.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clarke
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clarke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.951, -83.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Oconee
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.835, -83.437 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Oglethorpe
- When
- December 18, 6:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oglethorpe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.881, -83.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Colorado, December 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Mississippi, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 18 to 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5570482, 5570483, 5570484, 5570485, 5570486, 5570487, 5570488, 5570489, 5570490, 5570491, 5570492, 5570493, 5570494, 5570495, 5570496, 5570497, 5570498, 5570499, 5570500, 5570501, 5570502, 5570503, 5570504, 5570505, 5570506, 5570507, 5570508, 5570509, 5570510, 5570511.